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Page 48 - All the powder of the Revenge to the last barrel was now spent, all her pikes broken, forty of her best men slain, and the most part of the rest hurt. In the beginning of the fight she had but one hundred free from sickness, and fourscore and ten sick, laid in hold upon the ballast. Appears in 112 books from 1868-2007.
Sir Richard Grenville (15 June 1542 – 10 September 1591), also spelt Greynvile, Greeneville, and Greenfield, was an English privateer and explorer. Grenville was lord of the manors of Stowe, Cornwall and Bideford, Devon. He subsequently participated in the plantations of Ireland specifically the Munster plantations, the English colonisation ...
Richard Grenville , señor de los feudos de Stowe, Kilkhampton en Cornualles y de Bideford en Devon, era un marinero inglés que, como capitán del Revenge, murió en la batalla de Flores, posiblemente por negarse a entregar su barco a los españoles, mucho más numerosos. Grenville también era un soldado, propietario de una flota mercante armada, corsario, colonizador y explorador. Tomó ...
1586: Sir Richard Grenville, acting as a Privateer, captures a Spanish ship and pillages the Azores on his return to England. Sir Richard Grenville is appointed English Vice-Admiral of the navy. 1588: Spanish Armada of 132 ships sails for England. England's navy consists of 34 ships and 163 armed merchant vessels.
Sir Richard was born in Kilkhampton, north Cornwall, in 1600. He was the younger brother of Sir Bevil Grenville, another famous army leader. At the age of 20, Sir Richard went abroad to be a soldier. After returning, he became Member of Parliament for Fowey in 1628. In the same year, he married Mary Howard and they later had two children ...
16 de jun. de 2020 · published on 16 June 2020. Download Full Size Image. A 20th century CE painting by Charles Dixon showing the battle in the Azores of 1591 CE when a Spanish fleet battled with the English galleon 'Revenge' captained by Sir Richard Grenville (1542-1591 CE). Grenville died of his wounds from the battle and the 'Revenge' was captured.
18 de jun. de 2020 · En 1585, l'aventurier Richard Grenville (1542-1591) se vit donc confier le commandement d'une petite flotte qui se rendit en Amérique du Nord avec un groupe de colons. Élisabeth ne fournit aucun soutien financier malgré la flatterie du choix du nom par Raleigh, mais elle fournit à l'expédition le navire Tyger de 160 tonnes.
